Decoded | Why Canada election was held two years ahead of schedule? What's at stake?

Voting in Canada’s parliamentary election — held two years ahead of schedule — ended on Monday. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party won a neck-and-neck contest with his rival Erin O'Toole's Conservative Party. They are Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party, Erin O'Toole's Conservative Party, Jagmeet Singh's New Democratic Party, Maxime Bernier's People's Party, Yves-Francois Blanchet's Bloc Quebecois and Annamie Paul's Green Party. National debt During the campaign trail, Trudeau's rivals, particularly Erin O'Toole, a military veteran and former lawyer, repeatedly highlighted the record national debt of $785.7 billion racked up by the Liberal Party to tackle Covid-19. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau greets mourners before the start of a vigil for the victims of the deadly vehicle attack on five members of the Canadian Muslim community in Ontario Indigenous people The allegations of ill-treatment meted out to indigenous people came back into the spotlight during the election campaign after the discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves at former residential schools for indigenous children.